Nimrod (25th Anniversary Edition)

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In addition to the strings on "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", the music of Nimrod contains a variety of other instruments that were not featured on previous Green Day albums. "Walking Alone" features Armstrong playing the harmonica, despite the fact that he did not "know how to play it at all". "Hitchin' a Ride" opens with a Middle Eastern-inspired violin performed by Petra Haden of That Dog. The band invited Gabrial McNair and Stephen Bradley of No Doubt's horn section to play on the ska-influenced "King for a Day".

Chavez, Marina (May 27, 2010). "Billie Joe Armstrong, From Green Day To Broadway". National Public Radio. Archived from the original on 2012-05-20 . Retrieved May 20, 2012. Lookout! released their first album in 1990 named 39/Smooth. Included with the album was a letter supposedly from I.R.S. Records saying they had tried to sign Green Day. The band included a response saying they were loyal to Lookout!. Their response called I.R.S. “cheesy and washed up.” Later in 1990 Green Day released Slappy and Sweet Children. Also in 1990 John Kiffmeyer left the band to attend college. Tré Cool, the drummer from The Lookouts became Green Day’s temporary replacement. Once it was apparent that Kiffmeyer did not plan to return, Tré Cool took up the role as permanent drummer. In 1991, 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, a compilation of 39/Smooth, Slappy and 1,000 Hours albums. For most of 1992 and 1993, the band was on tour which included shows in Europe. In 1992, their album Kerplunk sold fifty thousand copies in the United States. This was impressive for the independent punk band.a b c Masuo, Sandy (October 12, 1997). "Cool Tunes, for a Bunch of Punks". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015 . Retrieved May 11, 2012.

Triple Take: Green Day's 'Nimrod' ". Archived from the original on 2013-11-14 . Retrieved August 24, 2015. Classifica settimanale WK 42 (dal 10.10.1997 al 16.10.1997)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved October 30, 2021. a b c d e Sullivan, Jim (October 10, 1997). "Green Day stretches out on 'Nimrod' ". The Boston Globe. The New York Times Company . Retrieved February 26, 2022– via Newspapers.com.These 15 albums from 1997 irrefutably proved that punk was far from dead". Alternative Press . Retrieved April 29, 2022. a b c d Kot, Greg (October 20, 1997). "Nimrod". Rolling Stone. Jann Wenner. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014 . Retrieved June 12, 2012.

Kot, Greg (October 17, 1997). "Green Day: Nimrod (Reprise)". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015 . Retrieved July 1, 2012. a b c Catlin, Roger (October 16, 1997). "Green Day's 'Nimrod' (you Know The Type)". The Hartford Courant. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04 . Retrieved October 23, 2011. a b c d McLennan, Scott (November 9, 1997). "Green Day keeps progressing with 'Nimrod' ". Telegram & Gazette. The New York Times Company. In 1995, Green Day released Insomniac, which did not perform as well commercially as the band's breakthrough major-label debut Dookie. [4] Speaking of Insomniac, lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong noted, "It did a lot better than I thought it was going to do...From the sound of it, we knew it wasn't going to sell as much as Dookie." [5] The group embarked on an extensive world tour to promote Insomniac in early 1996, which saw the band performing in sports arenas that contrasted with the small clubs the group was accustomed to playing. The members became increasingly uncomfortable with the level of stardom they had attained; Armstrong recalled, "We were becoming the things we hated, playing those big arenas. It was beginning to be not fun anymore." [4]

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Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" appeared in numerous events of popular culture, including a scene involving the death of a cancer patient on the medical drama ER and the series finale of the sitcom Seinfeld in 1998. [51] 25th Anniversary Edition [ edit ]